An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the CLARRV, DLARRV, SLARRV, and ZLARRV functions in lapack through version 3.10.0, as also used in OpenBLAS before version 0.3.18. Specially crafted inputs passed to these functions could cause an application using lapack to crash or possibly disclose portions of its memory.
CVE-2021-4048
This critical-severity CVE scores 9.1 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 41% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 9.1
- EG Score
- 9.1(medium)
- EPSS
- 83.6%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
December 8, 2021
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (18)
- secalert@redhathttps://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/42415
- secalert@redhathttps://github.com/Reference-LAPACK/lapack/commit/38f3eeee3108b18158409ca2a100e6fe03754781
- secalert@redhathttps://github.com/Reference-LAPACK/lapack/pull/625
- secalert@redhathttps://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/commit/2be5ee3cca97a597f2ee2118808a2d5eacea050c
- secalert@redhathttps://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/commit/337b65133df174796794871b3988cd03426e6d41
- secalert@redhathttps://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/commit/ddb0ff5353637bb5f5ad060c9620e334c143e3d7
- secalert@redhathttps://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/commit/fe497efa0510466fd93578aaf9da1ad8ed4edbe7
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6QFEVOCUG2UXMVMFMTU4ONJVDEHY2LW2/
- secalert@redhathttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DROZM4M2QRKSD6FBO4BHSV2QMIRJQPHT/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/42415
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/Reference-LAPACK/lapack/commit/38f3eeee3108b18158409ca2a100e6fe03754781
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/Reference-LAPACK/lapack/pull/625
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/commit/2be5ee3cca97a597f2ee2118808a2d5eacea050c
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/commit/337b65133df174796794871b3988cd03426e6d41
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/commit/ddb0ff5353637bb5f5ad060c9620e334c143e3d7
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2021-4048(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(2)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | odf4/rook-ceph-rhel9-operator:v4.14.0-71 | 2023-11-08 | redhat |
| redhat | openblas-0:0.3.15-4.el8 | 2022-11-08 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(2)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2021-40482021-12-14
An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the CLARRV DLARRV SLARRV and ZLARRV functions in lapack through version 3.10.0 as also used in OpenBLAS before version 0.3.18. Specially crafted inputs passed to these functions could cause an application using lapack to crash or possibly disclose portions of its memory.
- Red HatRHSA-2022:7639MODERATE2021-09-30
RHSA-2022:7639 — Moderate
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